Base-burning stove



UNITED STATE PATENTFFIGE- CHARLES M. WHELDEN, OF PITTSFIELD, MssAonUsE'rrs {BASE-BURNING STOVE.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 71,347, dated November26,:136Z.

To all whom it may c n It will be observed thatthedraft-pipesGcoml l iBe it known that I, CHARLES M. WHELDEN, mence atthe lower part of thestove, Wheretheir of Pittsfield, in the county of Berkshire and openends communicate through suitableregis- 1 "State of Massachusetts, haveinvented a new ters (not shown) with the atmospheric air,:and and usefulImprovement in ReservoinStoves; are taken upward through thecombustionand I, do hereby declare that the following chamber andflue-spaceRandthence through is a full, clear, and exact descriptionthereof, the outerwall of the reservoir, where theycomr; whichiwillenable those skilled in the art to municate withthesaidannular,passageG.By A fmake and use the same,reference being Jhad means of thisarrangement the: air -.currents e to, the; accompanying drawing, formingpart which pass through the pipes G become heated of this specification,in whiche by the flames and gases from the fire, and are 1 Figurelrepresents a central vertical secconsequently in amorefaVorablecondition j tion of a stove made according to my invention. forpromoting combustion? thanxif they were W 2 is also a central vertical;section, but in discharged into the fire in a cold state. The l lane atrightangles to that of Fig. 1. Fig. said air currents may; bejtakensdownward a horizontal section on the line was. through or alongthereservoir kin pipes or This invention relates to that class of stovestubes, if preferred, in which 0 e thewallsj of which have a reservoirfor fresh fuel aboveor the said reservoir may be 'ingleinsteadconvenient to the fire chamber,:so that the of double, as in this exam rtheflmanner 1; latter is: supplied with fuel automatically as i ofconducting the draftor at hericair may combustion proceeds. e bemodified in other .ways-as,fo1% instance, The letter A designates theoutercylinder the pipes G may commence elsewherein the l of the stove,and B the grate, from near whose stove, or be carried to a less height?than here y outer edge rise the walls 0 of the fire-chamber. shown. Thearrangement of the annular drafty D is the fuel-reservoir, whichcontains the fuelpassage G here shown causes thedraft-airto a supply.The top of said reservoir may be be Well distributed atthetimeofitsdischarge sunken below the top of the outer cylinder, A, into thefire,so that the: air -currents come yin t I so as to open. into orcommunicate with the contact with the incandescent fuel at differentflue space E, or it may, as in this example, be points and mix with thegases of the fuel over. carried upward through said flue-space to the awide area. 3 t l e l level of the top of cylinder A. Ithas the usual Thereservoir D is perforated at any convencover, which is removed when thereservoiris ient place or places, preferably near its top, to be filledwith fuel. i as at H H, in order to allow the gaseswhichf The stove hereshown is made witha de-. are generated in the reservoir by the heating,scending flue, F, which conductsthe products of the fuel containedtherein toyenter a pipe or of combustion into the lower part ofthefstovepipes, I, that are carriedfiidownward to the i e on their way to theplace of discharge but lower edge of the reservoir, where they di themanner of conducting the flue can be vacharge such gases into the fire.n this exried without affecting my improvement. ample Ihave placed saidpipes Iin the annular The letters G- G G designate draft-pas; space G;but they may be placed outside of; sages, which conduct atmospheric airfrom the wall of said annular space, if desired. The without anddischarge the same into thefiregas-pipesI and air pipes or passages Gldonot: chamber at the top or upper part of the fire. communicate with eachother. inftheir course, 1

Said draft-passages may consistwhollyofpipes because it is desirablethatthe air; and gases or tubes, or, as in thisexample, partly of pipesbe not brought together. in such pipesyor. pa or tubesand partly of anannular passage sages, or in the reservoir-itself; and theyara *formedin the Walls of the reservoir but said kept apart until the momentoftheirldischarge draft-passages may be formed inany suitable into thefire; or if they are brought together; :or convenient manner solong asthe principle before, it should be at such adistance from of myinvention is adhered to of discharging. the perforations H as to.avoidthe possibilit the draft or atmospheric airinto the fire at or ofthe entrance of atmosphericair into the; y near its surface. l l l lervoir. 1 l if

